Matt Haig shares his tried-and-tested advice for boosting your mental wellbeing
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11 tried and tested ways to tackle seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
Feeling low now the nights are drawing in? You could be dealing with SAD
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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The Scandinavian guide to surviving the dark days of winter
The days are getting shorter, but it’s not all bad news.
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- Helen Russell
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Life
“I lost my job due to my mental health – and I’m far from the only one”
These are your rights when it comes to mental health in the workplace.
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- Rebecca Hastings
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Everything you need to address your mental health at work
From powerful essays by women who have done it, to tangible tips of soothing stress and anxiety at your desk.
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- Megan Murray
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- Mary-Jane Wiltsher
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“How a therapist helped me through my mother’s suicide”
“When I turned 30, a decade of stoppering my grief caught up with me.”
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Anxiety, depression and OCD: women share powerful essays on mental health
Remember: you are not alone.
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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Life
Every mind matters: small steps to help look after your mental health
122,000 people are waiting more than 8 weeks for mental health support from the NHS.
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- Alice Purkiss
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Careers
How working longer hours could put you at higher risk of developing depression
Plus a perturbing theory about why men just aren’t affected in the same way.
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- Moya Crockett
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Books
Could you be suffering from ‘book burnout’?
Our reading habits could be making us feel guilty, embarrassed and tired, say experts.
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- Hollie Richardson
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Long Reads
“Why it’s time to start talking more honestly about giving birth”
“Censoring ‘bad’ birth stories is simply another way in which women are silenced.”
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- Melanie Golding
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Life
Are we over the pill? Meet the women opting for hormone-free contraception
Is the pill really all it's cracked up to be?
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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3 easy autumn food recipes to nourish and soothe your soul
Autumn is here, and we want easy food recipes that will warm our stomachs and our souls.
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Could the ancient Bhutanese art of ‘death recollection’ be the burnout cure we all need?
Suffering from the symptoms of burnout? The art of death recollection could have surprising benefits…
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- Sophie Cockett
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“How I came off antidepressants”: 5 women share their stories
4 million people are at risk of experiencing side effects when withdrawing from antidepressants
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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People
What it’s like to be diagnosed with ADHD as a 30-year-old woman
ADHD is usually associated with hyperactive schoolboys. Here, blogger Penny Jarrett reveals what it’s like to be diagnosed as an adult woman.
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- Penny Jarrett
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People
Christopher Eccleston on why he viewed his anorexia struggles as a “filthy secret”
“The illness is still there raging within me as the Doctor.”
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- Lauren Geall
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Life
This is the one symptom of depression outsiders really struggle to understand
“It makes zero sense.”
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- Anna Brech
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Long Reads
“What volunteering for a suicide helpline taught me about loneliness”
“The majority of callers were lonely, and simply craved hearing another human voice that wasn’t from their TV.”
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- Natalie Cornish
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- Lauren Geall
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Jesy Nelson opens up about the impact Little Mix’s “strong women” narrative had on her mental health
“I felt I had to be this person who was like… ‘I don’t care what people are saying about me, I’m this strong woman.’”
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The Maytree: “What happened when I checked myself into the UK’s only suicide sanctuary”
The Maytree is a respite centre that offers help and support for those in suicidal crisis. One woman checks in for five days.
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- Rachel Barber
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